How to Stay at a Relais & Châteaux Hotel for Less than $300 a Night

A collection of boutique hotels spanning the globe, Relais & Châteaux properties are the ultimate in sophistication and adventure. The brand prides itself on a tailored approach, meaning that rather than a one-size-fits-all luxury experience, each Relais & Châteaux property uniquely fits into the surroundings, often boasting a historical element along with the luxurious details.

Unfortunately, with top-quality service and top-notch locations comes top-dollar pricing—Relais & Châteaux's most desirable hotels have eye-popping rates. However, there are a select number of Relais & Chateaux properties that offer their trademark one-of-a-kind hotel experience for as little as $300 per night.

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Casa Palopo, Guatemala

A private-home-turned-hotel overlooking Guatemala's Lake Atitlán, Casa Palopo is Guatemala's first-ever Relais & Châteaux property. The boutique hotel boasts only seven bedrooms, each uniquely decorated with local artwork and authentic artifacts and local artwork. The property also offers local experiences, such as a native tortillera to teach guests how to hand-make tortillas, the opportunity to receive a Mayan shaman's blessing on the private helipad overlooking Lake Atitlan, and visits to nearby indigenous villages and local farms. Rates from $154 per night.

Turkey's only Relais & Chateaux property, the Museum Hotel is located in Cappadocia, the remote, can't-miss destination famous for hot-air balloons and stunning moonscape terrain of craters, spiky outcroppings, and caves. Voted Europe's best luxury hotel in the World Luxury Hotel Awards in 2015, the Museum Hotel features 30 rooms and suites of various layouts, all with museum-quality local artifacts and located in original ancient underground caves carved into the hillside. The hotel also features an infinity pool with stunning views of the Cappadocian valley, as well as a lovely restaurant, Lil'a, which features local Turkish and Circassian cuisine. Rates from $195 per night.

A hacienda about 90 miles outside Mexico City in Cuernavaca, on the Aztec Trail, the 23-room Las Mananitas features colonial suites, tiled roofs, and lush gardens where peacocks, cranes, and flamingos roam free. The hotel's restaurant, helmed by Chef Mauricio Espinosa, explores traditional Mexican cuisine, and there's also a hammam, spa, sauna, and outdoor pool. Rates from $230 per night.

Voted Canada's best city hotel, Wedgewood Hotel and Spa features 83 rooms and suites in the heart of downtown Vancouver and is family-owned and operated. Take a traditional afternoon high tea beside a roaring fire at Bacchus Restaurant and Lounge or relax with seasonal treatments such as a Maple Sugar and Chai Body Wrap or Pumpkin Apple Spice facial in the spa. Most guest rooms, and all suites, boast private balconies and patios overlooking Vancouver, as well as L'Occitane amenities. Rates from $236 per night.

A romantic bed and breakfast close to Vermont's best skiing, the Pitcher Inn is a former Civil War-era lodging house with nine guest rooms in the main house and two two-bedroom suites in the original livery stables and barn. Fine dining farm-to-table cuisine is on display at the Inn's 275 Main restaurant, while there's also Tracks, a fireside tavern serving pub fare, and private dining available in the rustic stone and wood wine cellar. Rates from $300 per night.

Centrally located for maximum exploring—and walking distance from medieval Bruges's Market square—the family-owned and operated Hotel Heritage is ornately decorated in a classical European style with twenty-two rooms. Its fine-dining, Michelin-starred restaurant Le Mystique looks like something out of Marie Antoinette's dreams and also offers a champagne breakfast buffet. Rates from $200 per night.

Located opposite the main square in the famous Mexican town of Tequila (yes, that Tequila), Hotel Solar de las Animas is the perfect base to use for tastings at the local distilleries. The property features 93 rooms done in traditional 17th- and 18th-century Mexican architecture, while the design is based on a Creole colonial house. Rates from $170 per night.

A luxury art hotel with only 17 rooms (including six suites) and flawless service, the Malabar House is just a few minutes from the beach in Fort Cochin, a bustling, cacophonous area in tropical Southern India, on the Malabar coast. Explore the backwaters (an elaborate system of canals and waterways) on the hotel's eco-friendly house boat, dine on South Indian cuisine at Malabar Junction, restore at the Purespa ayurvedic center, or explore the area's colorful, packed streets to soak up the flavors of India. The hotel won Asia's leading boutique hotel award at the World Travel Awards in 2014. Rates from $156 per night.

A former grand country estate in Cambridge, Canada—about 90 minutes outside Toronto—designed for the summer use of a great-grandson of John Jacob Astor, Langdon Hall's 200 acres include 60 guest suites, a full-service spa including Vichy waterfall and Reiki treatments, an outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts, croquet lawn, and a five-diamond restaurant featuring home-grown and local produce under the direction of celebrated Chef Jason Bangerter. Rates from $225 per night.

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